Saturday, May 26, 2007

PA: "Crude" comment shielded, court says

We read:

"The state Superior Court has overturned the harassment conviction of a South Whitehall Township man who frequently participated in anti-abortion protests at an Allentown clinic.

Phillip T. Pongracz was 'crude and childish' when he thrice called Joni Tedesco, an armed security guard at the Allentown Women's Health Clinic on Union Boulevard, an 'a-hole' in 2004, but his speech was protected by the First Amendment, according to an 11-page decision entered Monday."

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